Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11.11 (February 2011)

For OnlineDiag on HP-UX 11i v1 February 2011 release, the following apply:
• All diagnostic defect repairs and enhancements as of August 2007, are
included. Any future patches dated after August 2007 must be loaded after
this version of OnlineDiag.
• The new hardware resources in all active releases as of September 1, 2007
are supported.
Pre-requisites
Following is the software pre-requisite for installing Diagnostics and Support Tools:
EMS version A.04.20.11 or later
Note: The requirements are available on the Operating Environment (OE) media.
Required and Recommended Patches
• Not Applicable
The patch bundles are available at the following locations:
• OE media
• HP Software Depot Web site
Loading Patches
You can install the patches in one of the following ways:
Method 1:Install the entire Hardware Enablement Bundle (HWE) or Quality Pack
(QPK) patch bundle for your system. This is a simple and tested process. However,
the volume of the patch bundle can be big.
Method 2: Install only the individual patches required from the patch bundle available
on the OE media. This method is advantageous because the size of the patches is
small. However, you must select and install patches manually.
Method 3: Install individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center at: http://
us.itrc.hp.com/
Notes:
• After installing individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center, you must
restart your system.
• You must install the patches mentioned before installing Online Diagnostics.
EMS Hardware Monitors Overview
EMS Hardware Monitors are a set of tools for maintaining system availability. They
enable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware resources and
be alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs.
Hardware event monitoring provides a high level of protection against system
hardware failure. By using hardware event monitoring, you can eliminate the most
undetected hardware failures that could interrupt system operation or cause data
loss.
Note: On the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system, Online Diagnostics does not support
tape drives. Although some of the Support Tools Manager (STM) tools may work
with tape drives, they are not supported. The diagnostic tools and utilities that
support these devices are HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (L and TT).
These tools are available at: http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools
Configuring Hardware Monitoring
The EMS Hardware Monitors are installed at the same time as STM. Once the
monitoring software is installed, monitoring is automatically enabled.
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